I Developed my own 3D PRINTER Controller Software!

[@properprinting]

Hi guys! I hope you like this somewhat different than usual video. I have some fun ideas for future features and please let me know if you have any suggestions to make the software better. You can find more information about the software on my website properprinting.pro/product/proper-printer-controller/ Cheers!

[@josphe9011]

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[@Damicske]

@@carloseziogarciamendezmija8068 A good slicer is hard to build

[@Damicske]

Idea: look at the web interface of the Duet, it's handy :)

[@prajwalagrawal1899]

@@carloseziogarciamendezmija8068 I agree with you

[@scottbaeder37]

@@carloseziogarciamendezmija8068 -No need to re-invent the wheel, unless it is better. But it could integrate other tools like a slicer, similar to other front end tools like pronterface.

[@brainisfullofnonsense8183]

Spot on with how dark theme screens get your eyes used to the dark and then normal screens are blinding. Thanks for poining out LabView community edition... I've been wanting something just like that for a long time now.

[@kevinvos2553]

As a mechatronics students here in the Netherlands this was the content and video I was looking for a while now! Down to the basics of micro controllers and electronics and how to program them!! Thank you man and keep up the awesome work! This channel is one of the most epic and briliant pieces of engineering

[@mindofisaac]

I am always amazed how professional your videos are made. The lighting, editing, sound is so flawless and really pleasing to watch. This really sets your channel apart from a lot of the other maker and hacker channels.

[@properprinting]

Thanks I'm very glad to read this! This used to be very different with my older videos and I received comments that my lighting was not good so it's good to know that it has improved

[@001snapshot]

I have seen several of your videos.....most 3d printing channels say "look what i have printed"...what i like about your channel is you say.."Look what i have DONE"......keep it up....i should have done so before...but i now have subbed.

[@properprinting]

Thanks for subscribing and your awesome comment! I often forget to print with these printers xD

[@popvotocek]

OMG this is a god tier video! I love how you explain every bit of what you're doing.

[@properprinting]

Every bit ;) Thank you!

[@popvotocek]

@@properprinting Bit lol

[@DanielSanPedro]

Love how you show your failures along with your wins. It’s relieving to see I’m not the only that makes mistakes. Keep up the great work!

[@tyabrahamse2461]

I'm loving this. 1 suggestion, when your program is monitoring the gcode while printing, make the travel lines 1 color and printing lines another color, and then as each layer is printed, the previous layer fades more and more in color for each subsequent layer printed.

[@properprinting]

Making travel moves a different color crossed my mind, but the fading layers is a neat idea. Thanks for your suggestion!

[@baodybag]

And here i felt accomplished just compiling firmware for my SV01 since i upgraded the board to a skr mini and all the pre-compiled firmware used BLTouch and i did not have one yet. Great video i will be playing with this software soon!!

[@marsgizmo]

love the new edits (especially the part with the green screen) 😉 and the project overall, well done 👏😎

[@properprinting]

Thank you! It's so much fun to make green screen footage. I have to get used to visualize the environment where I'm in while performing xD

[@alessandrogiuliani2915]

I love both of your channel😍

[@pcspieler8pc826]

What a coincidence. Last week i researched a software like that but didn't found a free one. So i am very happy to test yours. Thank you

[@properprinting]

That is a coincidence indeed! You're welcome to test it and don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or suggestions :)

[@Henchman1977]

Your videos make me appreciate how good Mike Meyers' Goldmember accent was!

[@rachellejanssen2655]

I'm excited for the future of this channel! Well done!

[@jeroen-surf]

A logic analyzer is a cheap and handy tool to automatically decode all kinds of digital protocols. Saves a lot of work!

[@BrownstoneAruba]

Knowing the high content quality I automatically liked the video prior to viewing and...Holy Shit! I am blown away once more by your video production visions, great sence of humor and the mad genius behind each project. The displays of your trials and errors makes your videos more real and less "scripted". Je bent een Genie!

[@properprinting]

Thanks for your great comment! :D

[@delacruz210]

“And the weather is Dutch” 🤣. Been in England for 8 years after living in a sunny place my whole life and I feel you. I, too, stay busy with projects.

[@properprinting]

Haha England is just as bad, if not worse xD Exactly the reason why we are so productive

[@hoccsoc129]

FINALLY A CODING PROJECT I CAN Understand! Never would've thought I'd be motivated to use LabVIEW post-grad! I never tried to connect to anything other than TI boards but luckily I kept my student board just in case but luckily I have a couple of boards laying around to test with. Keep it up man!

[@properprinting]

I feel you, I don't understand most coding projects either xD It's fun to have some of these boards laying around. For example, you can just connect one single motor to it and make a very simple interface with two inputs: time and distance. Now you've got yourself a camera slider controller. Don't know if you're into this, but this just randomly came up xD

[@scottbaeder37]

This is what I was hoping for after you made the resonance test system using Labview. I think this is the start of the end for Pronterface! So much and more! Awesome - All the Best!

[@properprinting]

I had this on my mind since that video and finally I made sharable drivers. Thanks Scott, we'll see how far this goes :)

[@jmtissera]

Thanks to the “weather is Dutch” we get these amazing videos/things from you. Cools stuff man. 💪🏻

[@HairToThePie]

I sit here and think why do you only have 25k subs. every video is great. goes through everything. Keep it up!

[@KrishanuAR]

Damn dude. You definitely have the coolest 3D printing channel I’ve found on KZbin.

[@properprinting]

Thanks! :D

[@Honinggoed]

Vanaf het moment dat je hierover vertelde was ik al enthousiast! En jahoor, meneer levert gewoon een topprestatie! Het is geen droge, saaie of onbegrijpelijk stof geworden, maar het absolute tegenovergestelde! Ga zo door man!

[@Waltkat]

Love your content and the way it's presented. I don't know why you don't have more subscribers. I usually skip the ads on most YT videos but on your channel I don't because I'm hoping the ads help you out. Keep up the great work!

[@jana171]

Again totally mindblowing how you bend a printer to your needs... Hats off !!!

[@properprinting]

Thanks Jan!

[@IowaMan]

dude when you popped up over the old board i instantly sub'd, this will help me building a printer down the road.

[@properprinting]

Awesome, thanks for the sub! I knew something good would come from this old blown out board :D

[@MadJix]

dude, I your vids! I'm a total newb in 3d printing but I'm catching on quick and your vids are so educational! Your sense of humor is right up my alley too. keep it up man!

[@eideticex]

Might be the same as with the Ender 3 V2 for pause. When I tried to manually insert a pause with a couple slicers picking "pause" from a menu instead of punching in the G-code, the code it used just doesn't work on their firmware. The G-code that Chep's bed leveling program uses works to pause but has quirks. It doesn't issue a screen update even though it does update the print buttons to show it's paused. If the user hasn't rolled the knob forward the printer will have the wrong menu index selected instead of the resume button which causes bugs in the next print program to run that you wont notice until a few layers in. As long as you remember that it works as expected.

[@MalignSociety]

An updated Pronterface, great work!

[@neil2153]

I don't want to brag but I was here before 5k subs(the content was soo good subbing is the least on can do here) , just want to say this when someone finds this video and the channel is at 1M+ subs.

[@MakenModify]

You sir are a mad man ;) LabView can do a lot... using it I'm constantly torn between loving and hating it... but you keep reminding me of it's better sides. NI should sponsor your channel ;) Great video, looking forward to the next :D

[@properprinting]

Thanks! Indeed it can and I use it daily at work. NI as a sponsor would be awesome!

[@MakenModify]

@@properprinting yea same. If I can I tend to use Teststand with a library of universal VIs we developed over the years. But sometimes (most of the time) there is no way around it 😅

[@obe22099]

Has anyone ever mentioned you're the PewDiePie of the 3D printer online community? Not in terms of how you look but in the subtle nuanced delivery. It's like sarcasm pretending not to be sarcasm but is actually sarcasm! difference your content has actual practical information. Also his average demographic are under 21, yours is probably pre-ordering a coffin and plot. All i know for certain is you cheer me up after watching your video. Except the watercooler one because i don't work for a engineering company with access to alien tech.

[@michaeljustice9725]

Excellent video, your humor is universal!

[@victorwinkler2727]

Thank you so much for sharing, what you created is incredible, and the thought, that this is just version 1 makes me so so so excited to see what you will do next!

[@properprinting]

Thanks! The possibilities are endless and I'm happy that I have a platform out there to work from :D

[@danp762]

I hope you really like doing these videos. Because it looks like they take a lot of time to make. I like them. Thanks for sharing. :)

[@properprinting]

I really do! Some are a bit tougher than others, but once it's put out there and read all these comments it's always worth it! :D

[@janipetteri623]

Love your videos man! Keep up the good work. I would love a video about making this controller to be able to make my own with some modifications to it and i would assume that people who are new to labview (like me) would enjoy that kind of content too.

[@cyn0_]

I love your editing style! Great vid!

[@dominikworkshop6007]

12:10 WOW, the distance is set so close to π, lol. Great video btw!

[@maximilian.arnold]

It would be great if you could make in depth videos how all the eletronics works so the MCU and how all the components are connected (Endstops, Stepper drivers, Hotend, Thermistor etc.). I know these kind of technical videos might not be as popular, but you could maybe make a channel where you upload "quick and dirty" on technical stuff.

[@dragosbatca2954]

Never stop doing videos. Thank you

[@properprinting]

I never will ;)

[@SshanIcsS]

Your Videos are always the next level of printing. 👍

[@shankswrc3509]

WOW!! this is next level content! You have really good skills in LabView! Awsome work man, not many in this 3d printing community with youtube channels can do this kind of work and development, not even the "big" ones... See you one the next one!

[@properprinting]

Thank you! I'm a LabVIEW developer at work and thought is is time to finally make drivers which I can share

[@wickedjack1222]

LMAO epic love the welding goggles haha I actually use my sunglasses for the same reason.

[@properprinting]

If I ever visit a festival again I'm going to wear these haha xD

[@Gottwyn]

and the weather is Dutch. This got me good :'). From a fellow Dutchy.

[@jbrownson]

Super creative editing, love your work

[@properprinting]

Thanks Jake!

[@rapalma38]

*In every new video, i learn a lot, but this video is a wonderful piece of arts, the sound and video edition is fantastic, amazing how your level of edition is more creative video to video*

[@properprinting]

Thanks a lot Raúl!

[@Thor110]

Another very interesting video, definitely an underrated channel and great presentation.

[@properprinting]

Thanks Eddie! I found this video more difficult than usual to make watchable. I can talk hours on end about LabVIEW but that would be pretty boring for a lot of people xD

[@Thor110]

@@properprinting Thanks for replying too, it's always awesome to get a reply from a channel you watch! I can't manage the time to edit videos myself, though I haven't printed anything in weeks now and really must get back to it.

[@agapiosagapiou]

You amaze me!! Hard staff!! With big boy's tools

[@TurboSunShine]

So awesome! And I'm honoured to have designed the first thing that was ever printed with your software! :D Love where you are going with all of this, let me know if you ever need any engeneering help! :D (PS. I'm almost done with a 4 cyl version, so you can soon print a fitting keychain for the mini (or scirocco ;), let me know if you want a pre-released version :) ), Thanks for the shoutout! :)

[@properprinting]

I really like your designs and this key chain was perfect to show the software. The first thing I found which was designed by you is that brush, so genius! That was right before I started this channel. I still haven't printed one but I definitely must try that. A 4 cylinder version indeed fit those cars and it would be cool to print that too. I'm thinking of printing that out of polycarbonate to make a durable key chain. I'll wait for the final version and I'm curious how it will turn out :)

[@Zachary3DPrints]

Awesome video buddy!, I see already big things coming...

[@properprinting]

Thanks Zachary, this is the start of something great! At least, that's the plan ;)

[@totalwayne3089]

Underrated KZbinr. You are gonna be big (like > 100 000 subs). Continue because you are a MAKER and Inspiration. I appreciate how you explain your process. I never knew before how to make a software and how the things communicate each other. Thanks! * The editing and quality is also professional in my opinion. Where did you learn all this stuff ?

[@properprinting]

Thanks a lot! I learned engineering at school, LabVIEW at work and filming/editing by watching KZbin videos and just start doing it.

[@830jps]

Your videos are getting so funny. And loaded with so much information. Thank you

[@properprinting]

Always a struggle to find the right balance, especially with more information packed videos. Thank you!

[@jralrazaz2828]

Man, you are a genius, keep it up.

[@felipenavas]

I would really like to see you revisit your quick change tool head and incorporate some connection pins directly attached to it

[@CRMcGee2]

🤣 the welding goggles were a nice touch 😎

[@EatMoTacos]

Dude this is so freaking cool! I'm willing to test this out on my Ender 5 once I get it up and running! Feel free to reach me out. LabView is soooooooooo gooooooooood!!!!!! I did not think I would use it again since graduating from school.

[@properprinting]

Awesome, thanks! Cool that you've already programmed with LabVIEW! Now you can create your own experiments with it too :)

[@haplopeart]

So you've basically started writing a modernized printrun/pronterface That tool is in need of replacement, so I hope you continue.

[@net2CoCo]

Next step is making a compactRIO based 3d printer ? ;-) I like LabVIEW, I use it almost daily (at work) You make exceptional videos !

[@properprinting]

That definitely crossed my mind ;) If NI will sponsor it xD Another LabVIEW programmer, awesome! I use this also daily at work for test automation. I'm glad they have a community edition so "normal" people can use it too. Hopefully LabVIEW will become known better. Thank you!

[@apollyon7573]

Cool! It's cool to see inside of your creative mind.

[@DoItYourselfAndy]

A great video as always. That’s a very nice Oscilloscope, please can you let us have the make/model and any cheap links to buy it from 😆

[@benjicollins1]

Brilliant video. With full development you'll rival Octoprint

[@properprinting]

Thanks! I can compile LabVIEW for RPi so who knows ;)

[@benjicollins1]

@@properprinting I meant it'll out do octoprint on feature set without needing the rpi

[@masterpig5s]

I’m at 5:10, finding this channel was and is the best. Subscribed on the last video I watched, this is my third. Pretty sure it was KZbin app homepage recommendations in app.

[@masterpig5s]

(Yep, infinite chain got recommended).

[@wesselvanaswegen3340]

You have the best B-roll music ever

[@properprinting]

Thanks! Epidemicsound's library is packed with great songs. I like to search for the lesser known tracks which sound nice and fit the theme.

[@grahamserle7930]

You lost me at Hello. Only joking, just my take on a line from the Jerry Maguire movie. Seriously, if my brain worked like yours I'd be a rocket scientist by now. Well done and good luck with perfecting your software.

[@YannRetout]

So much knowledge in on single video! Thanks!

[@mattou4684]

Hello, You did an amazing Job, Thank you. Do you know what does the wait output in termite after reading the printer stands for? Thank you so much in advance !

[@KellyBC]

This is a great explanation. Great job!

[@joshsekel]

Pause may be missing in the Creality firmware. Chep has been talking about this problem with the newer Creality machines.

[@properprinting]

The pause function is within my program itself. It stops iterating through the gcode lines, goes up 5mm and than it waits for the user to do something. It is possible to use the move buttons to move the print head, but it doesn't resume correctly. It looks like something goes wrong in the buffer and I'll figure it out ;)

[@WC1376C22]

Worth the SUB....I am on the floor crying

[@rondlh20]

To read the serial codes, perhaps a serial interface would be easier than a scope, and of course Marlin is well documented. There are lots of solutions for what you want (send some custom gcode commands/scripts)

[@properprinting]

Although is doesn't look like it, a scope is not hard to use ;) This idea goes beyond sending custom Gcode commands, I can make custom UI's and control other devices like an Arduino too. LabVIEW is built to communicate with instruments, automate tasks, store data, analyze it and present it. This is just the start ;)

[@ericlotze7724]

As someone who lived in Belgium for a few years, i feel that lol.

[@fish9468]

I have no idea what you're doing, no idea why you're doing it either but I fully support and understand the importance of open source stuff so I left a like, comment and subscription. keep it up with the greenscreen too hahaa

[@properprinting]

Usually I feel the same with my videos xD Thanks for your like, comment and sub!

[@Creality3D]

You are absolutely awesome! We gonna hire you, lol

[@properprinting]

Thank you! I gotta discuss this with my boss xD

[@LucasGarrow]

Amazing video! Can't believe only 27.1k subs, glad I'm one of them.

[@properprinting]

Thank you, I'm glad too :D

[@notsonominal]

You might be able to use com2com on windows or socat on Linux to listen to the serial data without a scope. (or just another USB TTL adapter like FT232*)

[@properprinting]

That'd have worked too indeed. The reason why I used the scope is because I wanted to show what actually happens at those RX and TX lines and how this corresponds to the actual messages. This didn't help with building the software because LabVIEW itself shows what's received.

[@VincentGroenewold]

You even didn't mention this on Patreon, did you? :) Awesome man, also that you're opening it up! I wouldn't have used Labview, PlatformIO (yes it uses C++, but not very challenging) is great as well and to me a bit clearer. Because you see the code immediately. That said, the immediate GUI is nice to have in labview. :)

[@properprinting]

Thank you! I mentioned it shortly in the latest post in which I talked about the future projects :) I'm going to make a behind the scenes video soon. It feels like I haven't done much yet it's very hectic xD

[@colsoyeti1]

Pretty epic and refreshing. You inspire me all the time.

[@michaels3003]

I need those welding glasses myself... Thank you so much for the LOL.

[@dreamcat4]

If you know of any companies with an HP MJF printer, then a tour visit to see that in action would make for a great content piece. It's an awesome new technology, really the future for industries / commercial 3d printing. The basic technique currently only supports nylon but the same underlying technique could be developed further to also work for other materials.

[@properprinting]

I'm in close contact with two. One I did business with and another one in a research group I'm part off. I cannot tell much about it yet, but I want to show more about this industry in the future :)

[@dreamcat4]

@Proper Printing Awesome! Lovely to hear that you can see this stuff in action. If not for sharing the channel but just for yourself is great! Just randomly i heard about MJF today on discord for the first time, and was glad to discover this new technology. To advance past SLS. This is also especially important for other materials such as metal. In fact HP also seem to coming out with something like that too. Called 'Metal Jet'... which in the same ways looks to be a worthwhile improvement for metals printing.

[@properprinting]

@@dreamcat4 MJF is awesome. Increadibly strong! It's expensive, labor intensive and sometimes hard to get it dimensional accurate, but the possibilities are very interesting. One company which is very close to where I live makes prosthesis. www.hulotech.com/index.php/portfolio/3d-printing-medtech It's Dutch, but the pictures say a lot ;) This is a very interesting market for MJF. Insoles is another big one :)

[@TechieNI]

Lmao with the welding glasses... I love your videos ajd your comedy.

[@pnwRC.]

AWESOME video. Thanks for showing us this!

[@Noxoreos]

That googles scene alone deserve a like already :D See 9:23

[@woodwaker1]

You make some great content and help get others excited with your ideas. I'm developing a quick change mount that is evolving from your projects. Thanks for all of the inspiration.

[@properprinting]

Thanks David! Cool that you're developing your own quick change mount, good luck!

[@richardhulshof7115]

Typical Dutch weather... man there’s a snow blizzard in Vlagtvegas 😂

[@properprinting]

Vlagtvegas, place to be! 😂 Today the weather isn't that typical indeed haha

[@lloydd4]

Very cool idea. Keep up the good work dude!

[@chrssondergaard]

That software looks great! I would love to use that for my printer!

[@properprinting]

Awesome, thanks! Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions :D

[@chrssondergaard]

@@properprinting I have sent a mail via the contact form on your website :)

[@markvreeken]

Thats very cool lots of good info here Well done mate

[@properprinting]

Thanks!

[@alexdhayden]

This is awesome. Keep up the good work.

[@fishemrock]

love your channel ! Awesome stuff

[@ethanbarrieau7917]

Your notification should probably be using a typedef enum instead of a string. That way it is not susceptible to typo errors and the consumer loop case structure can auto populate with each case.

[@properprinting]

Thanks for your suggestion Ethan. Both have their up and down sides and the reason for me to use string data is because I think it's easier to add and remove cases and you can misuse the default case to send string messages to the UI directly. Using enums make the cases more defined for sure and I have to be honest, you're making me think ;)

[@ethanbarrieau7917]

@@properprinting As long as you use the enum as a typedef then adding down the road is easy - you would only have to add it in the typedef and it doesn't break any of the existing implementations. If you don't do it as a typedef then it is an absolute nightmare to change every place that you have used the old enum. Great project!

[@properprinting]

@@ethanbarrieau7917 Oh yes, this is a great example for using typedefs to make your life a lot easier xD Opening the typedef and adding extra items are those extra steps I why I think it's easier to use strings. And I'm used to the queued message handler so it's a habit for me to use strings. Still I think your suggestion is a very good one, thanks!

[@ethanbarrieau7917]

@@properprinting You can also send in clusters to the enqueue elements command. So if you had a command and some modifying data (e.g. move, 50mm) you can cluster those together and send both to the queue. Then you can then unbundle in the consumer and have both the command and that data without having to pass through local/global variables. Makes a good separation between the UI producer and the consumer so that only one is referencing the inputs - means that you can even put the consumer into its own SubVI.

[@properprinting]

@@ethanbarrieau7917 At this moment I'm using a cluster of the message together with variant data for the main program. This variant data is converted back to the specific data in the consumer loop. For simplicity I only used string data in the device driver demo. The main program looks a lot like this labviewwiki.org/wiki/Queued_Message_Handler I didn't expect so much interest and as we speak I'm simplifying the block diagram of that main program.

[@rabidralph]

its a year late love your content I spat my drink out laughing when you apperaed next to the board

[@kimnielsen9320]

A big THUMB UP for this .Very nice made video ...as always ;-) , and thank you for showing us all how it's being done Really looking forward to your next video :-)

[@properprinting]

Thanks Kim! I hope this gave some insight in what you normally wouldn't see or think about ;)

[@SelectLOL]

God tier video right there.

[@EvertvanIngen]

Deze man is echt zo brilliant!

[@svendemeyer6278]

Eindelijk iemand die ons weer weet te appreciëren 🙈😂 thx for the vid 👌

[@NicksStuff]

That would be interesting to test the resonance frequency on all axis to avoid it while printing. What would be a good sensor to do that, in your opinion?

[@SpencerPaire]

I believe he actually did this in a video when he made the "portal Y axis" mod. He just taped his phone to the top of the gantry running an app that displayed the accelerometer output while he used a similar printer control program to make it shake.

[@NicksStuff]

@@SpencerPaire Good memory. Something automatic would be nice, though...especially since the weight of the part being printed would influence the resonance of the Y axis (on an i3 clone)

[@properprinting]

Besides the phone I haven't used other sensors to measure acceleration. I think an Arduino nano with an accelerometer shield connected to LabVIEW would make an interesting combination www.instructables.com/Arduino-Nano-Accelerometer-Gyroscope-Compass-MPU92/

[@NicksStuff]

​@@properprinting Hum, I realize it kind of already exists: kzbin.info?search_query=Input+Shaper I have only seen CoreXY examples now, though

[@srma6776]

WOW i didnt know about your channel until this video, my congratulations to your job, you've earned mi subscription, one suggestion did you think about using this software in a raspberry pi or something like that,? with a tactile screen in mode to use it to control printings, similar as octoprint do with simply interface, with im thinking is something as remote controll to the 3d printer gadget. Keep hard working I really enjoy this viedo! (Sorry for my english)

[@properprinting]

Thanks for subscribing and your suggestion! I made a LabVIEW program in the past which could connect to a Raspberry Pi through telnet. I used it for an application which used BLE connectivity in the time this was only supported by Linux. This is a great idea, I added it to the list on GitHub github.com/properprinting/PPC/issues/11

[@MrTRAMPNET]

Как всегда с выдумкой интересно и весело, Смотрю с удовольствием.

[@furuhall54]

Tumbs Up to you From Sweden

[@darezi]

Could you do a video of how to make the best DIY 3D printer at home from scratch with parts made by other 3D printers, bought online or from the hardware stores????? To see the cost efficiency of the build. Will it be any good or bad in that price range from any other branded ones you can buy!!!

[@properprinting]

As a matter of fact, this idea went through my mind. I want to make my own printer from scratch and have several cool ideas. I'm not sure which one I want to do first though

[@darezi]

@@properprinting Just do them all. One at a time. If it's a lot of work maybe one per month!!!!! :D

[@xhex_3116]

Awesome video dude, keep them coming! 😎🤟